Lot Essay
For a related gryllos combining a bearded mask and horse head together with a dolphin, see no. 502 in I. Brandt, Antike Gemmen in Deutschen Sammlungen.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A CONNECTICUT PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A ROMAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The flat oval stone engraved with four rows of chevron indicating waves, with a fish, two dolphins above, winged Victory standing atop a dolphin head, proffering a wreath to a gryllos composed of a bearded mask joined to a horse head, a branch emerging from its mouth; mounted as a pendant in a modern gold setting, ornamented with granulation and suspended from a woven gold chain
1 1/3 in. (2.8 cm.) long
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The flat oval stone engraved with four rows of chevron indicating waves, with a fish, two dolphins above, winged Victory standing atop a dolphin head, proffering a wreath to a gryllos composed of a bearded mask joined to a horse head, a branch emerging from its mouth; mounted as a pendant in a modern gold setting, ornamented with granulation and suspended from a woven gold chain
1 1/3 in. (2.8 cm.) long
Provenance
with Ariadne Galleries, New York, 1984.
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